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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by gamblor956 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @08:24PM (#6729922)
Interest is taxed at marginal rates, not capital gains rates. (You may be thinking of dividends.) Moreover, at $500k/year, you would be subject to the new higher capital gains rate of 20%...
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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by clarky07 on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:03AM (#6730640)
I think we are getting a bit pedantic here. You can get by just fine on 500k a year, even if taxed at top rates.
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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by nerfhammer on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:12AM (#6730675)
Invest in municipal bonds. Interest is not subject to federal income tax.
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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by toomuchtodo on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @10:28PM (#6730347)
There are plenty of high quality bond funds I can invest in with 5% return where the returns are taxed as dividends and not interest.

When we talk about "interest" here, I think its defined as passive low-risk investment income that is able to be taxed at a lower capital gains rate.

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